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Page: 59. Name: Thomas Homer. Occupation: Locomotive Engine Driver. Place of accident:...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 583/64/195
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- RAIL 583/64/195
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916 July 18
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Description (What the record is about)
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Page: 59.
Name: Thomas Homer.
Occupation: Locomotive Engine Driver.
Place of accident: Llanbradach, Glamorgan.
Injury: Fractured skull.
Details of accident: Homer, when in charge of a mineral train appears to have been leaning forward in the gangway of his engine with his elbows one on each side of the hand rail watching for a signal and by some means overbalanced and fell to the ground sustaining the injury described.
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- Topics
- Railways
- Trade and commerce
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Rhymney Railway Company
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